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Posted by GMAN on 09/28/05 06:42
In article <1127492800.600385.287010@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, omarenoryt@aol.com wrote:
>Considering the rampant voting fraud that plagues this country, anyone
>who disputes the need for picture ID's before voting is a complete
>fucking idiot. Luckily, you happen to be one anyway.
>
ID'ing voters will tend to hurt the Libs since they are the ones who commit
multiple voter fraud.
>JAS wrote:
>> I have spent more than 40 years in public service fighting for voting rights
>> and a better democracy. Today, I am sad to say, there are proposals being
>> readied that would set us back in that struggle. A privately funded,
>> unaccountable Commission organized by former Bush-Cheney campaign lawyer
>> James Baker, III, and former President Jimmy Carter issued a report today
>> that includes policy proposals that will disenfranchise over ten percent of
>> eligible voters -- a national ID requirement to vote. This national voter ID
>> proposal is essentially a poll tax that will disenfranchise Americans of all
>> backgrounds, but the poor, the disabled, the elderly, students, and people
>> of color would bear the greatest burden. The Katrina victims - those without
>> the means to escape the storm - typify the population that the Commission's
>> ID proposal will most likely leave out of our democracy.
>>
>> Join With Me in Fighting Against This New Poll Tax Proposal
>> http://johnconyers.com
>
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